6 flowers for lazy people: stick them in soil and they'll grow, multiplying until the pots can't hold them

Keeping a few potted plants at home feels completely different from having none. When the balcony is filled with all kinds of beautiful flowers and plants, relatives and friends spot them the moment they arrive, and everyone loves to head straight for the balcony. But what about people who are usually very busy, or rather lazy, and want to grow a few plants? Which flowers suit lazy people?

1. Golden barrel cactus (Echinocactus grusonii), an especially easy-care plant for lazy people, a must-have for the lazy. The golden barrel cactus that everyone often grows has too many spines, so you can choose cacti with fewer spines and more flowers; they are just as easy to grow, need no frequent watering, and you don't need to worry about them suffering from heat or cold. They can be kept for many years, and their flowers are especially beautiful.

2. Aloe (Aloe vera), the plant that most easily overflows its pot, and it can also purify the air and absorb formaldehyde. Plant one small seedling, and by the end of the year it becomes a big pot with ten or twenty plants. It grows vigorously without fertilizer or repotting.

3. Snake plant (Sansevieria), including the golden-edged snake plant and the short-spiked snake plant; they look equally good, with upright, beautiful leaves. Water it sparingly at ordinary times, don't expose it to scorching sun in summer, and control water and keep it warm in winter; it can grow to over one meter tall, looking very elegant and imposing. Cut one leaf into several sections and stick them in soil to propagate many pots.

4. Pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris): one root is enough to plant it. Usually you just top up the water, fertilize occasionally, then leave it in the sun and forget about it. Planted in a pot, it will sprout again the next spring and keep growing. As long as the soil is fertile, there is enough water, and plenty of sun, its leaves grow as big as a palm. One pot can grow into a whole large patch.

5. Mint, prepare a flowerpot with a slightly larger diameter. Bury one stem with roots in the soil and it sprouts; filling the pot takes only a few months. Just water it. It fears neither sun nor cold. One pot can propagate into many pots.

6. Jade plant (Crassula ovata), extremely easy to cultivate; it usually needs hardly any care and can be grown with rough treatment. It is a super easy-care potted plant. Normally you barely manage it at all; just watering it occasionally is enough for it to grow very well. Its branches root and survive very easily from cuttings.

7. Ordinary succulents, such as Sedum adolphi, Echeveria pulvinata, and string of pearls (Senecio rowleyanus). Keep one pot in a spot with indirect light; it doesn't need much fertilizer, just water when the soil is dry, and it grows like a little waterfall, both beautiful and spectacular.